Just as the Internet changed how we distributed the written word a few decades ago, the linotype machine did the same thing in the late 1880s. However, this massive and complicated machine that could set type in a much more organized manner than ever before, was quickly overshadowed by newer technologies and now, over 100 years since its invention, is in danger of becoming extinct. Linotype: The Film is a documentary directed by Doug Wilson that will attempt to give some historical context to the machine that Thomas Edison once called the “Eighth Wonder of the World.”

This would be a good place to mention another film called "Making Faces". It's a documentary about Jim Rimmer, who was rather prominent in his field of letterpress printing and designing typefaces. He designed and fabricated fonts in both digital and metal formats.